Noise levels for
the CoolJag JVC258A are pretty reasonable so there is little chance of this cooler being noticeable outside
the case. To listen to this heatsink for yourself in operation, be sure to click on
the little headphones icon below and download the Acoustic Sample MP3
file.

(high) FrostyTech Acoustic
Sampling Chamber

Standard Waveform view of a 10 second
recording. Click on the headphones to listen to an MP3
recording of this heatsink in operation.

Sound Level Measurements:

Listening to the actual noise a heatsink makes
allows you to hear what pure numbers alone cannot get across. To further
emphasize FrostyTech's reliance on cold hard facts when evaluating a heatsink,
we also take Decibel readings with a sound level meter. These results may be
higher than the manufacturer's listed specs, but then again these are real world
measurements. Measurements are made on the dB
(A) scale.

FrostyTech Sound
Level Results

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Manufacturer

Model

Noise Level

Scale

verax

P14

32.1 dB

Quiet

Verax

P11T

35.3 dB

Spire

5U213C1H3G

35.7 dB

Coolermaster

HHC-L61

42.2 dB

Coolermaster

HSC-V62

43.7 dB

Akasa

AK821

44.2 dB

Spire

5F263

44.5 dB

Akasa

Ag Mountain2Q

45.5 dB

CoolJag

JVC258A

46.6 dB

Evercool

ND19715CA

46.8 dB

Taisol

CMK702

47.3 dB

Zalman

All Flower HSF

47.4/28.9 dB

Taisol

CGK760092

48.4 dB

GlacialTech

Igloo 2310

49.4 dB

Cho-Liang

CB0307U-17

49.5 dB

Arkua

628

50.7 dB

Noisecontrol

Silverado

50.8 dB

Tocools

Novasonic

52.2 dB

NengTyi

XPC5000

52.4 dB

Spire

5T235

52.5 dB

Thermal Integration

TI-V77L

53.0 dB

GlacialTech

Igloo 2400

53.9 dB

Eumax

EU01

55.4 dB

Sibak

AE01625B

58.2 dB

AVC

Tundra 2

58.4 dB

Sibak

AC02625B

59.7 dB

Coolermaster

HHC-001

59.9 dB

Coolermaster

HSCV83 (high)

62.1 dB

Sibak

AC06725TH

62.4 dB

Dynatron

DY1206BH-625

63.3 dB

Dynatron

DC1206BMP

65.1 dB

Thermalright

SLK800

66.2 dB

Thermalright

AX-7

66.4 dB

louder

The CoolJag
JVC258A measures in at just under 47 dB which is fairly low
on the scale compared to other socket A heatsinks. Next up, thermal
results.